Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
URBAN SOCIOLOGY	SOS337	5. Semester	3 + 0	3.0	5.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery	In-class lecturing
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Erol DEMİR
Assistants
Goals	The main objective of this course is to examine urbanization processes, particularly in Turkey.
Course Content	Basic concepts in urban sociology, historical background of urbanism, fieldworks in Turkey.
Learning Outcomes	1) Students gain knowledge in the social phenomena concerning cities. 2) Students gain skills in examining the urban research. 3) Students gain knowledge in basic concepts in urban sociology. 4) Students gain skills in examining the international literature on urban sociology. 5) Students gain experience in conducting a research on urban processes.

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Terminology of Urbanization	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week	Reasons of Urbanization	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week	Urbanization in Pre-Industrial Societies	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week	Urbanization in Western Societies	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week	Urbanization in Developing Countries	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week	Urbanization in Turkey Pre-1980 Era	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week	Urbanization in Turkey - After 1980	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week	Urban Theories: Classical Sociologists	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week	Urban Theories: Chicago School	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week	Urban Theories: Comtemporary Sociologists	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week	Urbanization and Political Process	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week	Housing Problem	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week	Squatting	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week	Urbanization and Labour Market	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week	Urbanization and New Social Formations	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
16. Week	General Evaluation	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Recommended Sources

Çağlar Keyder (ed.) (2000). İstanbul: Küresel İle Yerel Arasında. İstanbul: Metis Yay.

Jan Lin & Christopher Mele (eds) (2005). The Urban sociology reader. London: Routledge.

Mark Gottdiener (2006). The new urban sociology. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

Ruşen Keleş (2008). Kentleşme Politikası. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi Yay.

Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques

Term paper, exam

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	3	42
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	14	2	28
Homework	1	20	20
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)	1	5	5
Seminar	1	5	5
Midterm Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	8	2	16
Final Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Final Exam	14	1	14
	1	2	2
	1	2	2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30